Classic Sale-Topper Stars in Inglis Guineas

A one-time Inglis Classic sale-topper, Midland (Brazen Beau, continued his rapid rise to the top with a tough victory in Saturday’s $300,000 Listed Inglis Guineas at Rosehill. When Bruce Perry purchased Lot 609 (ex Pouter) at the 2019 Classic Yearling Sale at Riverside for $550,000 from the Murrulla Stud draft, the colt became the most expensive horse ever sold at Classic at that time. And in a huge result for his connections, Midland today won his third consecutive race and fourth overall – as well as his first stakes success – when victorious in the final race of the Inglis Race Series for this season. Midland defeated the Gary Portelli-trained Nicci’s Fling (Nicconi), with Peter and Paul Snowden’s Exosphere 3YO Exoboom in third place in the Guineas. “We bought him hoping he’d have come on a little earlier and that we could keep him a colt but that wasn’t the case, he needed time to mature mentally and he never focused properly as a colt, which isn’t uncommon, so we gave him the ultimate snip and now he’s racing so kindly,’’ Perry explained of the since undefeated gelding. Bred by Reture’s Warwick Doughty, Midland has now won four of his nine starts for an ownership group comprising Lib Petagna, Waikato Stud’s Mark and Garry Chittick, Mark and John Carter of Jomara Bloodstock, Greg Clarke, Jamieson Park’s James Chapman and David and Nicki Wilson.